Oh, Alan won't die; he's too important to the story to die this early, right? Right? I'm very, very woirred for him.The VI was wonderful, even if it made me sad about Knowlton all over again. It's really amazing the way that you made me care so much about him. I'd never heard of him before I started reading The Dreamer, and now I want to know even more about him, and I'm sure that when I learn about him I'll be picturing him as you've drawn him. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that you've done an amazing job with him as a character, and knowing that there actually was a Thomas Knowlton makes him even better and his death in the story even sadder.